diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index f4298d14e40a2e6175c09c96317a063e7974d612..da6711d6572b1a3107a652e5c44cd57b0072b991 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
   serialize :youtube_titles, Hash
   before_save do
     get_youtube_title text
+    self.text.strip! unless self.text.nil?
   end
   def diaspora_handle
     person.diaspora_handle